Rough Trade Essential: Goth Before Goth
The likes of Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and The Cure summoned the darkness inside all of us through cold industrial sounds, gruesome imagery and lots…
New Year Revolutions
Is there a better way than veganism to solve the climate crisis? What does "feminism" mean today? How has unconcious bias affected technology? Looking…
Coming In Hot: The Best New Albums in 2022
With long-awaited debuts, racing comebacks and some of the most complete work to date, be assured the next trip around the sun will deliver some truly…
Staff Albums of the Year 2021
These are the albums that dominated our Rough Trade office playlists, soundtracked our store floors and vacated our racks for our own personal collections. Check out handpicked new music favourites from 2021.…
Best of Christmas 2021
Christmas time is here Families drawing near Oh, that we could always see Such spirit through the year Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here…
Album of the Month - December 2021
Geese Projector Partisan Records A compelling 9-song post-punk project, projecting all the excitement and energy of a very present young band and a strong hint of…
Shoplifting with Sloppy Jane
In conjunction with the release of brand new album Madison, Haley Dahl of avant rockers Sloppy Jane shares some of her favourite vinyl records found in the racks of Rough Trade East.…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2021 | Rough Trade UK
No record collection is complete without a great compilation (hiya Counter Culture 2021) or an exciting reissue, allowing you to take home bonus material from your…
Albums of the Year 2021 | Rough Trade UK
We could write a lengthy, overly-gushy intro about how much music has meant to us this past year, but we'll leave that for the…
On The Rise: Silas Short
A vivid, raw and inspiriting indie-soul debut and the catalyst to your long-term love affair with Chicago's newest R&B luminary. Silas Short…
Recounting: Monument by Portico Quartet
"We created this record in a hopeful frame of mind. Perhaps we even used it as a way to daydream a little, to imagine a…
Shoplifting With Snail Mail.
"Jazz records inspire me the most and at any time of day, but especially in the morning with coffee." In our latest instalment of…
Album of The Month - November 2021
Nation of Language - A Way Forward PIAS Following on from debut album, Introduction, Presence (2020), the Brooklyn trio return with their magical synth pop formula,…
UK Gift Guide 2021
Whose stocking will you Trump this Christmas? Is your budget Crosley or Technics? Are Barbie or Ken looking for a significant other? Or is shopping for…
Home Is Everything: Support Shelter at Rough Trade
Home is a human right. With our stores situated in central city locations, the often desperate situation of homelessness is never far from our door. Never…